I never thought i'd have to say this.
Morgan has MVD...
On a hunch i did a BAT on her last friday. The results came back high. I just knew that they were going to be off. i felt it. The numbers aren't terribly high but high enough to suggest MVD. So on those results we did a U/S today. Thankfully the liver looked fine and there were no stones/crystals in her bladder. The internist did say that she does have some sludge in her gall bladder but nothing too bad.
Morgan has now been switched to Canidae senior because it has less then 20% protein. She is not on any supplements yet because i'm not sure that she needs them right now. The vet says it should be controllable with diet right now. I did a CBC/Chem panel on her today too so we'll have a base line for her proteins, albumin, BUN and ALT (as well as everything else).
I'm happy its not as bad as i first feared. Morgan never showed any signs of having problems but i just had this feeling, you know?
On another note....As i was holding Morgan on her back in the trough for the U/S i felt her knees popping a lot. So when i got back upstairs i had my doc, the orthopedic surgeon, check out her knees. He said her LPs have progressed from 1 to 3
. But again, luckily she is showing no signs so i'm not going to do anything about it yet besides her joint supplements.
Morgan's 2nd birthday is next tuesday. This is not a good birthday present for her. She's quite upset at all the things that have been done to her in the past few days. she's been stuck with a bunch of needles, had her belly shaved, gelled and probed, and had her knees popped in and out. She was so scared at work today and shook the entire way down to the U/S room. i felt horrible. my poor baby.
she is now passed out on the couch behind me making little noises in her sleep. its so sad
